Even more yum breakage; this time with libreoffice

Ed Greshko ed.greshko at greshko.com
Mon Feb 24 11:18:03 UTC 2014


On 02/24/14 18:23, Dario Lesca wrote:
> Il giorno lun, 24/02/2014 alle 10.01 +0800, Ed Greshko ha scritto:
>> To get past the libreoffice problem....
>>
>> Download what you need from here....  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=499516
>>
>> And then do....
>>
>> yum localinstall whatever.rpm
> This is only a workaround, and many users cannot apply it.

Yes, this is a "workaround" and was directed specifically in response to a question by Dan.   Many others can apply it.  Maybe many others aren't able to due to lack of knowledge.

>
> IMHO, The final solution is:
>
> A=libcmis
> B=libreoffice
>
> If [ "a new package version exist for A" \
> 	and "it's useful for some other new package B" ]
> then
> 	push A and B to repo for update
> else
> 	none of A and B is pushed for update.
> fi 
>

Yes.  And for those unable to avail themselves of the "workaround" they can wait for the final solution. 

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